ISAAA: The ‘green’ way forward with biotech crops
Reading Time: 3 minutesBIOTECH CROPS offer enormous benefits to the environment as well as contribute to the enhancement of both, human and animal health. They also largely contribute to improving and upgrading the socioeconomic status of famers and crop producers everywhere, and more so in third world countries in Africa and Asia. This was the take home message […]
Experts laud inclusion of ‘Climate Change’ in ministry
Reading Time: 4 minutesPETALING JAYA: The creation of the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment by the new Pakatan Harapan Federal Government has caught the attention of two world-renowned scientists. In an email message to The Petri Dish, both scientists lauded the creation of the ministry – which includes critical and related components such […]
Sarawak forest yields new bird species
Reading Time: 2 minutesKUCHING: A Sarawak Forest Department team led by researcher Dr Ahmad Ampeng discovered an unidentified bird species recently. The discovery is most likely a new sub-species of a pheasant from the family Phasianidae belonging to the genus Lophura. This is based on the taxonomy description made. According to acting director of forest, Tuan Hamden Mohammed, […]